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Yep last night was the first finals program. The 3 contestants who shall hence forth be known as Bamos, My name is Earl and Woman had to go to Sketch and make high tea. No scone and a cup of Darjeeling here though, they each had to make a sarnie and a couple of desert type things for some discerning patisserie chefs including Michel Roux Snr (possibly the nicest chef ever. EVER).

They all done pretty good. Bamos done well on a couple but his choux was far too big. Earl scrimped on his sarnies fillings and his rose macaroons simply weren't rosey enough. Woman done great on all 3 with MR eulogising about her pastry.

Back into the studio where they had to make their own trio of deserts. That meant Gregg was going to try 9 different desserts, oh yes.Woman made 3 mango things, one of which Gregg didn't know what is was from it's description, I thought he was an ingredients expert? pah.Anyway her mango trio went down pretty well.

Earl made a trio of desserts based on a tequila slammer. Sounded bloody stupid to me but looked great and the judges thought it tasted very good too.

Finally Bamos, who is proving pretty creative, made a trio based on some old school sweets. It looked good (apart from the paper bag which was a bit stupid) but it was inventive and went down well with the judges.

He's definitely the amazing guy. I don't think he'll ever top his smoke filled egg on toast, though. That was a master stroke.

The paper bag thing was definitely pretty out there. Marianne is still too safe to win. She seems to have learned how to cook meat now but everything she does is fairly safe, like her meals are all meat and veg.

And where did David Tennant go? Did he get knocked out in one of the 3 hour marathons I missed?

I love how in all reality TV shows the contestants are shite, then miraculously get STUPENDOUS in the final. I wonder if they actually do, or whether they just play down their flaws to make it seem more tense and impressive?

cos a lot of the time they say 'you've overcomplicated it' or 'you need to keep it simple' which no-one has ever said to Steve Vai. It is a bit like Jazz in that it's always referring to itself, they WON'T STOP GOING ON ABOUT FINE DINING, next time Gregg says it I'll throttle him.

if you ever find yourself in a scenario where you're about to take a photo of your dinner and then upload it to the web, just step back, remove yourself from the situation and go for a walk or something

To the point where you'd skipped a meal. I can't see these tasters being that sort of person. They live for food so they're not going to forget a meal or even forgoe an opportunity any more than if you're at a festival you'd just not bother watching bands during the day because you want to be 'pure' for the big headliner.

You could easily argue that watching a band you love at the end of a bunch of other bands at a festival, which is tiring, will not be as good an experience as seeing them straight off. Your ears will be hammered by the other sounds and your appreciation will be tempered by other bands who might have been great or rubbish.